Family Vacation to Dad's

During the summer we took our usual family vacation down to my dad's house.  We didn't know this at the time, but this vacation would be our last with him. :(  :(  When we got down there, he said he had been feeling a little under the weather, but would do his best to go places with us.  We like going to the Mormon Battalion site on the Sunday that we're there and to the temple.  My dad came with us, but started feeling light headed so went to the car to relax.  The kids enjoyed their time.

 We then went to the temple grounds.  I sure wish I had gotten a picture with my dad here too. :(

 My dad was finishing up his semester at school so we went to Legoland and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!  The kids are at the perfect age to have a blast!

 We did the Sea Life aquarium too and liked it.

 We went back to the Carlsbad Lagoon and enjoyed Paddleboarding and relaxing at the water.

 And we all LOVED the Legoland water park!  It is a great park and we all have a blast there.

 The kids got along and I was in heaven with that!

Tyler loves sharks so we couldn't pass up this picture. :-)

 The girls LOVE Lego Friends too so this new Lego creation was a BIG hit!

We had a great time as always, but were sad that my dad seemed to not be feeling well.  He wasn't his normal self; he didn't cook us dinner like he loves to do.  We didn't go to Sea World with him, like he LOVES to do.  Near the end of our visit he broke out in shingles and then we felt even worse for him.  As we were leaving, we were all commenting about how we were sad that he wasn't feeling well on this trip and that we'd need to go down again soon so we could enjoy his company again when he was feeling better.  Little did we know of the BOMB that would drop on us a week later!!!!!!